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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) -- The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Overview

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Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writers:
D.W. Griffith (scenario)
Anita Loos (titles)
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Release Date:
5 September 1916 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance more
Tagline:
The Cruel Hand of Intolerance more
Plot:
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Excellent Historical Perspective more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mae Marsh ... The Dear One (Modern Story)
Robert Harron ... The Boy (Modern Story)
F.A. Turner ... The Girl's Father (Modern Story) (as Fred Turner)
Sam De Grasse ... Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
Vera Lewis ... Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Mary Alden ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Eleanor Washington ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Pearl Elmore ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Lucille Browne ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Julia Mackley ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story) (as Mrs. Arthur Mackley)
Miriam Cooper ... The Friendless One (Modern Story)
Walter Long ... The Musketeer of the Slums (Modern Story) / Uncredited Babylonian Warrior (Babylonian Story)
Tom Wilson ... The Kindly Policeman (Modern Story)
Ralph Lewis ... Governor (Modern Story)
Lloyd Ingraham ... Judge of the Court (Modern Story)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Intolerance (USA) (short title)
Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA) (copyright title)
The Mother and the Law (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
163 min | UK:178 min (2000 video release) | USA:197 min | Spain:197 min (DVD version) | Spain:123 min (TV version) | Argentina:175 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | South Korea:12 (2003) | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
The intertitle during the strike which states that the National Guard has retreated and the workers "now fear only the company guards" was added to the re-release of the modern story, The Mother and the Law (1919), but it is utilized by present versions of the original film. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: As the Jenkin's factory militia goes to attack the striking workers, the shadows of a camera and two cameramen, one on either side, are cast onto the ground in front. more
Quotes:
The Dear One: I'll walk like her and maybe everyone will like me too. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Carnivàle: Babylon (#1.5)" (2003) more

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38 out of 41 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent Historical Perspective, 8 March 2005
Author: Lechuguilla from Dallas, Texas

This silent film by director D.W. Griffith is well known to serious movie buffs and historians, but not to today's general public. I doubt that a lot of people these days would have the patience to sit through a film that contained three hours of silence. Nevertheless, the film's technical innovations inspired filmmakers in the 1920's and later, particularly in Russia and Japan. It also inspired filmmakers in the U.S., including Cecil B. DeMille and King Vidor. For this reason, and for other reasons, "Intolerance" is an important film.

The film's four interwoven stories, set in four different historical eras, are tied together thematically by the subject of "intolerance", a word which could be accurately interpreted today as "oppression", "injustice", "hate", "violence", and mankind's general inhumanity.

Griffith's narrative structure, though innovative, is uneven, because he gives more screen time to two of the four stories (the "modern" and the "Babylonian"). Equal time for three stories, thus deleting the fourth, might have worked better.

To me, the Babylonian story is the most interesting one because of its more complete coverage, and because of its elaborate costumes and spectacular sets. Even though there is no script, the viewer can easily discern the plot, which suggests that some of today's films might be just as effective, or more so, if screenwriters would downsize the dialogue.

What "Intolerance" offers most of all to contemporary viewers is a sense of perspective. Someone once said that despite the enormous advances in technology, society itself has advanced not at all. That may be true. In the eighty plus years since the film was released, technical advances in film-making have been obvious and impressive. But we are still plagued with the same old human demons of oppression, injustice, hate, violence, and ... intolerance.

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